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  1. The next day we went round the local seaside villages and took a steam train from Sheringham to Holt.

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    Had Fish and chips on the beach in Wells Next The Sea, looking at all the colourful beach huts.

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    When we got back to Cley, we went and got a picnic from the local shops.

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    Then we watched the sunset over the Windmill. Perfect.

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  2. I have just got back from a long weekend away with my girlfriend, to celebrate our 10 year anniversary of being together. Since it was such a special occasion, and I had my first 'proper' pay cheque from being a newly qualified nurse, we decided to go and stay in a windmill in North Norfolk. Cley Windmill is a converted mill from the 1700s and is a grade2 listed building in a little village called Cley Next The Sea.

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    We stayed in the Wheat Chamber, with views over the wetlands and surrounding area.

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    The windmill has a good choice of locally sourced food for breakfast, my gf had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, whereas I stunk the place out and had kippers. Yum yum.

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    After our breakfast we went on a seal watching trip to Blakney point.

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    The boat dropped us off for a while, so we headed to the old lifeboat station, which is now an information point.

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  3. I've had this bag a few weeks, and the leather is great. It's an Altadena Works- Teardrop 801, Navy waxed canvas, with Horween oak Chromexcel leather.

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    Thick Leather Patch

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    Base of bag

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    Leather inside, to reinforce the straps.

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    Cross post from Show Us Your Leather

  4. I've had this bag a few weeks, and the leather is great. It's an Altadena Works- Teardrop 801, Navy waxed canvas, with Horween oak Chromexcel leather.

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    Thick Leather Patch

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    Base of bag

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    Leather inside, to reinforce the straps.

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  5. Just got back from Italy, where I went to watch the MotoGP with my Dad and brother. First we went to Bologna, to visit the Ducati factory and look around the city.

    The Towers of Bologna

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    Ducati started off as a camera manufacturer, but this was their first step into the world of motorcycles, the Cucciolo, a clip on 48cc single engine.

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    One of Mike Hailwood's GP bikes.

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    Bit of engine porn, the 996 Desmoquattro and 998 Testastretta.

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    The GP bikes.

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    Visited San Marino just as the sun was setting on the way back to our hotel.

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    First lap of the MotoGP race, sorry for the snapshot, was too busy watching the race. Unfortunately Shoya Tomizawa died during a crash in the Moto2 race. Very sad loss, especially as Peter Lenz died the same week in a USGPRU race, makes you wonder whether it's all worth it?

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    Spent a few days in Florence after the race.

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    Sunrise over Florence, from Fiesole.

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  6. Rep d for a cool place. Worth pointing out that the reason the castle is wrecked is because the parliamentarians were pissed that they couldn't break the castle by siege - and were humiliated that the defenders were led by a woman. They finally got in by bribing a local and blew u the castle in revenge.

    One of my fav places in the uk. I persuaded my wife we should camp there the summer before our wedding, it would help save £££. Rained 10 days out of 14...

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    Thanks Paul T,rain eh?,always tries to ruin a good camping trip! I love the place, I camped there a couple of weeks ago with my mate, but stayed in a cave directly south of Corfe Castle to stay out of the rain.

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  7. Today I went to Corfe Castle, an 11th century stone castle that was a royal fortress for 600 hundred years, until it was laid siege and undermined, blowing it to pieces.

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    In where would of been the market place, near the main gates,there were some tents showing local crafts, inside one, a man demonstrated weaving. Of course I asked him about denim weaving, he seemed quite pleased that someone was genuinely interested!

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    He also had an example of an ancient weaving loom. Pretty clever stuff for 5000 BCE.

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    Finished the day with a walk along the south west coast path to look at Old Harry Rocks.

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  8. Nice Indy's Atzec. I decided to go with the Clippers, but was tough deciding!

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    Pre-Soak Pics (soaking should sort out the lower legs)

    I know my cuffs are pretty crappy, just did it quickly.

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    Very pleased with the jeans, good construction and the denim looks good quality.

  9. Just got this Studio D'Artisan Wallet. I let it sit in the sun for an afternoon to darken it a tiny bit.

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    It has a zip up compartment for coins, section for cards, section for other slim items and a bill section across it's length.

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